 | James Elliot - Measurement - 1879 - 118 pages
...Triangle is that which has one right angle, as EFG. 40. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse, and the other two sides the Legs, or the Base and Perpendicular. Thus, in the triangle EFG, EG is the hypothenuse, and EF and... | |
 | Julius Petersen - Geometry, Modern - 1880 - 104 pages
...From 17 it follows that only one of the angles in a triangle can be a right angle or obtuse; in the right-angled triangle the side opposite to the right angle is called the hypothenuse. 19. The angle adjacent to one angle of a triangle equals the sum of the other two. For M = 180° —... | |
 | Julius Petersen - Geometry, Modern - 1880 - 86 pages
...From 17 it follows that only one of the angles in a triangle can be a right angle or obtuse; in the right-angled triangle the side opposite to the right angle is called the hypothenuse. 19. The angle adjacent to one angle of a triangle equals the sum of the other two. For M = 180°—c... | |
 | Colin Arrott R. Browning - 1884 - 274 pages
...remainders continually together, and the square root of this product will be the area of triangle. (16) In a right-angled triangle the side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotheuuse. By Euc. I. 47, the square on the hypothenuse of every rightangled triangle is equal to... | |
 | James Andrew Blaikie, William Thomson - Geometry - 1891 - 154 pages
...obtain a second proof of Euc. I. 20. A Use Euc. I. 16 to show that and apply Euc. I. 19. DEFINITION. — In a right-angled triangle the side opposite to the right angle is called the Hypotenuse. 5. In any right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is greater than either of the sides containing... | |
 | George Irving Hopkins - Geometry, Plane - 1891 - 204 pages
...sum of the three sides of a triangle is called the perimeter. In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse, and the other two sides the legs. The side on which a triangle is supposed to rest is called the base. In general, any side... | |
 | Silas Ellsworth Coleman - Arithmetic - 1897 - 180 pages
...are equivalent. 92. A triangle having one right angle is called a right triangle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse, and the other two sides, the legs. If a right triangle be constructed having legs 3 and 4 units in length respectively, the... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall - 1908 - 286 pages
...at least two acute angle,*.} Right-angled Triangle. Obtuse-angled Triangle. Acute-angled Triangle. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotenuse. 9. In any triangle the straight line joining a vertex to the middle point of the opposite... | |
 | Peter Metcalfe, Roger Metcalfe - Engineering - 2006 - 284 pages
...Greek language meaning the 'measurement of triangle/ A triangle in which one angle is 90° is called a right-angled triangle. The side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotenuse and the remaining sides are called the legs of the triangle. Associated with the angle 0... | |
 | N.M. Kapoor - 2006 - 886 pages
...Its third side is called the base. (v) A triangle having one of its angles equal to 90° is called a right-angled triangle. The side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotenuse. In such a triangle, (Hyp.) = sum of squares of sides. Example 23.2-1 Find the area of a... | |
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In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite to the right angle, is called the hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the legs, and sometimes the base and perpendicular : thus, A, B is the base, B, C perpendicular, and A, C hypothenuse. 
